The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration formally honored Cintas Corp.’s Rental Division Location in St. Paul, MN, as a Minnesota Star-certified location during a recent ceremony at the company’s facility.

TRSA members can submit nominations now for the next round of annual Industry Awards, to be presented at the Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, on April 10, 2024. Included among the honors will be a new Rolling Artistry award for truck graphics, acknowledged for how chosen images and text reflect member companies’ attributes as key players in the linen, uniform and facility services industry.

As Textile Services, TRSA’s monthly magazine for laundry operators and suppliers, marks its 107th year of publication this September, our latest AdStudy® survey confirms that the publication continues to provide value to laundry operators and supplier partners with information on innovations and trends that can help them grow their businesses.

Sowmya Aggarwal, vice president of taxation at Cintas Corp., Mason, OH, recently was named to the ‘Forty Under 40’ list for 2023 published by the Cincinnati Business Courier. Aggarwal is the youngest employee-partner to hold the VP of taxation position at Cintas, according to a news release.

The son of HandCraft Services’ quality control/inventory/facilities manager based in High Point, NC, is the recipient of the 2023 Merit-based College/Technical Institution Scholarship awarded by TRSA’s Textile Rental Education and Research Trust (TRERT). Gregory Vallejos is entering his freshman year at the University of Mississippi.

UniFirst Corp., Wilmington, MA, recently held its 22nd annual Founder’s Day on July 14. The event honored employees, as well as customers that exemplify the company’s commitment to service excellence, according to a news release.

TRSA announced today that Jeff Belcher, the former president and owner of Alliant Systems, Irving, TX, was selected as this year’s recipient of the Maglin-Biggie Lifetime Achievement Award for supplier-partner executives. Belcher will receive the award on Oct. 12 at TRSA’s Annual Awards Dinner, held in conjunction with the 110th Annual Conference at the Ritz-Carlton, Tiburon, in Naples, FL.

Five TRSA members recently made the Selling Power “50 Best Companies to Sell For” list for 2023. This is the 23rd consecutive year the list has appeared in Selling Power magazine, which was founded in 1981.

TRSA’s Executive Committee and past Lifetime Achievement Award recipients recently voted to honor James Vaudreuil, the president of Huebsch Services, Eau Claire, WI, with TRSA’s Operator Lifetime Achievement Award. Vaudreuil will receive the award on Oct. 12 at TRSA’s Annual Awards Dinner, held in conjunction with the 110th Annual Conference at the Ritz-Carlton, Tiburon, in Naples, FL.

TRSA’s Textile Services magazine recently received its 13th consecutive APEX Award for Publication Excellence, according to an announcement by Communications Concepts Inc., the competition sponsor. The 35th annual APEX Awards program recognizes excellence in an array of trade, industry and nonprofit publications, websites, marketing campaigns, e-newsletters and more. Winners are selected based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the attainment of overall communications excellence.